The Geometry of Information Retrieval
The Geometry of Information Retrieval
Geometry and Meaning
A Formalization of Logical Imaging for Information Retrieval Using Quantum Theory
DEXA '08 Proceedings of the 2008 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Application
Eraser Lattices and Semantic Contents
QI '09 Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Interaction
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In the last years several works have investigated a formal model for Information Retrieval (IR) based on the mathematical formalism underlying quantum theory [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. These works have mainly exploited geometric and logical-algebraic features of the quantum formalism, for example entanglement, superposition of states, collapse into basis states, lattice relationships. In this poster I present an analogy between a typical IR scenario and the double slit experiment. This experiment exhibits the presence of interference phenomena between events in a quantum system, causing the Kolmogorovian law of total probability to fail. The analogy allows to put forward the routes for the application of quantum probability theory in IR. However, several questions need still to be addressed; they will be the subject of my PhD research.